VISTA Plus for MPE User's Guide

Viewing a Report
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Merging Files to the Hold Buffer
You can merge pages from different reports into a subreport. This enables you to create reports
from existing reports without having to perform the merge in a PC-based application. A subreport
can be viewed, printed, downloaded, or saved into a folder file.
Note. The hold buffer accumulates data throughout a session. The buffer is cleaned
when you exit VISTA.
Follow these instructions to perform a merge:
1. From the VISTA Functions menu, select Hold Buffer Management and press Enter or F6,
Select. You are prompted for the number of pages to hold.
2. Press F2, Hold Report. The following screen is displayed:
3. Enter the pages to hold. If your report has columns, you can specify the character, either
SPACE, COMMA, or TAB to be used to divide the columns when the pages are merged.
4. Press F7, Execute Hold, to place pages in the hold buffer.
5. To append additional pages from any report to the hold buffer, simply access the report and
repeat Steps 1 through 4.
User Tip. When viewing a report, you can enter Esc+M to automatically display the
VISTA Functions menu.